Hi Tony thanks for your response. Yeah, this explains my problem.
>From tiddlywiki.com regarding the "now" macro: "The value doesn't update automatically, like a ticking clock. It updates > whenever the macro call is rendered, such as when the containing tiddler's > display needs to be refreshed for some other reason." > Since is not convenient to refresh my wiki every time, do you have any idea of how I could make a button that creates a tiddler with an automatically generated unique title? It does not need to include the date, this was just my method of making the title unique. Thanks again, si On Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 4:25:53 AM UTC+1, TonyM wrote: > > Si, > > First try this YYYY0MM0DD0hh0mm0ss for your Journal tiddler, This is > working for me. Try on tiddlywiki.com > Perhaps something is interfering with yours. > > I notice for this in one wiki I need to reload the wiki to refresh the > date used for Journal tiddlers. This is a feature because Journals tend to > be daily tiddlers as is be default. > Rather than use the new Journal button you may be better served creating > your own new tiddler button that meets your needs. > > As I understand it The tiddler in which the New Journal obtains the date > from the now macro using the format in $:/config/NewJournal/Title needs > to refresh to capture the next time/date. > > Research shows > $:/core/ui/Buttons/new-journal (uses $:/core/ui/Actions/new-journal) > and $:/core/ui/Buttons/new-journal-here creates the title from now in > itself. > > Regards > Tony > > On Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 6:00:45 AM UTC+10, si wrote: >> >> I am looking to have a button create tiddlers with an *automatically >> assigned unique title. *My first instinct was to use journal tiddlers. >> >> I have set the "Title of new journal tiddlers" setting to >> "YYYYMMDDhhmmss". I have found that when I add a new journal tiddler I just >> end up editing the previous one as the time is not updating. >> >> For example I created a journal tiddler that was named "20190902205809". >> When I tried to create another one it was still named "20190902205809", as >> though time had not moved forward, so I was just editing the previous >> journal tiddler. >> >> This happens both in the browser and in TiddlyDesktop. >> >> If anyone has a solution to this I would massively appreciate the help. >> >> Thank you >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/9ab64315-a250-4225-97aa-330bf011cf47%40googlegroups.com.
